Don’t bring a notepad to a dogfight.
Shoot to kill.
I guess it will be called Jacqueline Beard's Law now. Apparently it didn't do much good to have the law on the books in the first place.
What kind of dogs?
You might be a redneck if.....The dog catcher calls for a backup unit when visiting your house.
Jeff Foxworthy
breed of peace I’m sure.... and to think their are mental cases who allow these things around children and babies even... these people are sick.
NEWSFLASH - animals are NOT people no matter how bad you want them to be.
“Oliver said seven mixed breed dogs were put down and were believed to have been involved in the attacks.”
Alabama health department worker killed by pack of dogs, woman arrested on manslaughter charges
https://www.local3news.com/regional-national/alabama-health-department-worker-killed-by-pack-of-dogs-woman-arrested-on-manslaughter-charges/article_05418dc3-9b96-541b-8de1-2bbab699e36c.html
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Yeah, mixed breeds alright...all mixed with Pit Bulls, most likely.
You can have all the laws you want, but reality always ends up winning.
I was just reading about this; it’s very sad. I agree with everyone that said some version of “Gee, why didn’t she have a weapon?” Like, at least some bear spray or something.
I have been charged by pit bulls a few times. Pepper spray to the face seems to have worked thus far, but usually I have Walt in case I have to hit something with lead. I actually feel sorry for the dogs, because clearly no one is taking care of them.
I dunno if anybody remembers, but a few years ago a woman was mauled to death by a pack of DACHSUNDS. (Mixed-breed dachhunds, but wow. I saw pics of the dogs’ dead bodies after they were shot and none of them was as big as a cocker spaniel.)
If you care about your friends and family, advise them and teach them, where appropriate, and encourage them to carry and be able to use weapons. This isn’t a day when honest folks and little kids should go about unarmed.
Another gun free zone attack
This is happening too often.
I’m getting some bear spray for when I hike or even walk along the roads in rural areas. People are insane about their pit bulls (which is what most of these dangerous dogs are) and even though there are laws about keeping them confined, many of the owners simply let them roam or keep them in pens where it is very easy for the dogs to get out.
Before people tell me that I should carry a gun, let me say that I’d be dead long before I managed to get it out or do any damage with it, so bear spray is a better option!
I lived in Highlands Ranch (Denver south side suburb) for a while. In my neighborhood there was an entry by the house onto a green belt trail. I was outside one afternoon and a deputy sheriff zoomed down the street then up the trail with his lights on. Not your usual happening for sure. A few minutes later there were several gunshots. It turned out that the deputy shot the 2 or 3 pit bulls.
The pits had escaped a yard then cornered a woman that was hiking the green belt. Several teen boys were on the trail after hockey practice and walking home still in pads. They kept the dogs away with hockey sticks until the deputy showed up.
Not soon after, in a rural area way outside Denver, pit bulls running free killed a woman outside her front door. A fire engine was the first responder. The pits were still around and the firemen had to retreat back inside their truck, the dead woman still on the porch. Deputies showed up and put all the dogs down. I recall that it was a pretty gruesome scene and got big play in the news and with the politicos.
After this incident, the State IIRC passed a law that made it a murder 2 or 3 felony for the owner of a dangerous breed that killed a person. I noticed the owner in the OP was charged with manslaughter.
I was attacked by two dogs just last month. One was a shepherd, the other a pitbull. The pitbull was the obvious antagonist, the shepherd following. There was no warning.. I walk for exercise and these two just came out of nowhere, no barking, no warning whatsoever. I tried kicking them away and the pit-bull grabbed my arm and bit deep. When I tried kicking it off I tripped and the pit went for my throat while the shepherd was jumping on my back. I was able to punch the pit a couple times hard in the face and it backed off with the shepherd following, so I was able to get back to my feet and pick up what turned out to be a rotten stick... fortunately the dogs didn’t know the stick was useless and they backed further off.
I called the sheriff and they came and picked up the pit-bull to be quarantined, they didn’t pick up the shepherd because it didn’t succeed in biting me (not for lack of trying). They were supposed to contact me when the pit bull was released but they never did. I warned the animal control people that the dog should be considered very dangerous as it attacked with violence a stranger without warning, but they didn’t seem to think it was a big deal, despite the gaping wound on my arm that required ER care.
I got the strong impression that there were ‘equity’ issues involved due to the race of the owner... it wasn’t stated but there is always race as a subtext in legal situations in California. I felt like I was just another white man inconveniencing a person of color by being attacked by his dogs.
It is illegal to allow your dogs to run free here but the sheriff made it clear he had no intention of citing the owner for this.
This incident happened just ‘up the road’ (15 minutes) from where we live. VERY disturbing - owner killed by her own dogs - gruesome details. Of course, the dogs had their supporters/defenders despite the autopsy report & defensive wounds showing Bethany was mauled to death in a grisly fashion.
https://people.com/crime/virginia-woman-mauled-death-dogs-while-walking-woods/
Where was her 12g pump?
Potential capital murder case. The owner may well have sucked the dogs on her
On the spot, with loud bangs?